Pair arrested after fracas with Orleans police

ORLEANS – What started as a drunk-driving arrest Wednesday morning turned into an attack after the driver and his passenger allegedly resisted arrest and then “contaminated” police cruisers with bodily fluids, police say.

ORLEANS – What started as a drunk-driving arrest Wednesday morning turned into an attack after the driver and his passenger allegedly resisted arrest and then “contaminated” police cruisers with bodily fluids, police say.

Around 1 a.m., Orleans police Sgt. William Norton and Officer Thomas Carey stopped Eric Zavalcofsky, 21, of Brewster and suspected he was driving under the influence of alcohol, according to an Orleans Police Department press release.

While being arrested, Zavalcofsky allegedly resisted, according to the statement.

Zavalcofsky’s passenger, 22-year-old Cody Kavanagh of Eastham, allegedly got out of the car and “charged at” Norton and Carey, according to the statement.

After gaining control of the two suspects, Norton and Carey placed them in separate police cruisers, according to the statement.

While en route to the police station, both suspects allegedly contaminated the police cruisers with “bodily fluids,” according to the statement.

Police declined to specify the fluids.

Zavalcofsky was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked lanes violation, assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Zavalcofsky was also charged with malicious destruction of property valued at more than $250 as a result of damage he allegedly caused to the police cruiser while resisting arrest, said Orleans police Sgt. David Freiner.

Kavanagh was charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.